March 31, 2025 09:00toApril 07, 2025 17:30(GMT+9, Tokyo)
The Digital Partnership between Japan and the European Commission aims to advance cooperation on digital issues to foster economic growth and achieve a sustainable society through an inclusive, human-centric digital transformation based on shared democratic values. In this context, we are organising the EU-Japan Digital Week, in Tokyo, Japan, from March 31 to April 7, 2025, to support the EU-Japan Digital Partnership.
The EU-Japan Digital Week will bring together stakeholders from the EU and Japan to focus on key priority areas for both the EU and Japan: 6G, Data Spaces, Smart Connectivity and Computing and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). A policy workshop will also be organised in close consultation with the Delegation of the European Union to Japan to ensure that it reflects the shared priority of both regions and aligns with the strategic objectives of the EU-Japan Digital Partnership.
The EU-Japan Digital Week has been built around the EU-Japan Digital Skills Workshop, following a request from the Delegation of the European Union to Japan. The workshop on Data Spaces will operate under the umbrella of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan and will contribute to the aim of promoting interoperability among EU and Japan data spaces as agreed at the second Digital Partnership Council. This workshop has been designed in a way to create a clear pathway towards and to facilitate industry data space pilots.
By fostering dialogue on these critical themes, the EU-Japan Digital Week contributes to a more connected, innovative, and sustainable future for both regions.
The Smart Connectivity and Computing Workshop aims to bridge the gap between the European Union and Japan in the fields of cloud-edge computing and smart connectivity. This one-day, in-person event will bring together industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss the current landscape, share best practices, and explore collaboration opportunities in open-source technologies, industry verticals, and cross-cutting topics.
The "6G Horizons: Synergies for a Connected Future" workshop aims at fostering and deepening collaboration and partnership between the EU and Japan (and other Indo-Pacific countries) regarding 6G development.
This event is by-invitation only. If interested, please contact Dr. Eva Pejsova (eva.pejsova@vub.be).
The EU-Japan Digital Partnership (DP), en force since 2023, underscores the shared commitment and political willingness of both partners to join forces on key areas, including semiconductors, AI, high-performance computing and quantum, Beyond 5G, data governance and Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT), digital connectivity platforms, and cybersecurity. To support the ongoing process, the workshop will address several critical questions:
‘Drivers of Technological Innovation, Economic Security, and Sovereignty’: How can the EU and Japan sustain their technological edge and sovereignty amidst the intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China.
‘Emerging Technologies and Security Cooperation’: What role do dual use emerging and disruptive technologies play in shaping EU and Japan’s evolving security postures and bilateral cooperation?
‘Domestic Challenges and Policy Coordination’: What domestic priorities and challenges must be addressed to advance technological collaboration and digital connectivity?
‘Promoting Global Governance’: How can the EU and Japan champion responsible, human-centred, and sustainable global governance frameworks bilaterally and within existing multilateral frameworks?
The workshop aims to explore and promote the practical implementation of trusted data exchanges in cities, focusing on semantic interoperability, digital identities, and dataspaces as key enablers for smart cities. By linking standards such as the ongoing work of ETSI on digital identities and data solutions, and the emerging dataspaces promoted by Japan’s Digital Agency, the session will:
Provide a deep dive into the adoption of key standards for data exchange across borders, particularly in urban environments.
Explore the opportunities and challenges in creating trusted data ecosystems that allow cities to securely share and leverage data for public services, infrastructure management, and citizen engagement.
Bridge the gap between European and Japanese approaches to trusted data exchanges, examining collaboration opportunities and sharing pilot projects.
Facilitate discussions on pilot initiatives that are aligning with the global shift towards data spaces and digital transformation in urban settings.
April 03, 2025 09:30toApril 04, 2025 18:30(GMT+9, Tokyo)
This workshop aims to introduce participants to the concept of data spaces, their architecture, stakeholders, and role in digital transformation, with a focus on addressing interoperability challenges. It aims to explore business models for data spaces, highlighting best practices and successful case studies. The workshop will discuss regulatory and ethical considerations for data sharing, emphasizing trust, standardization, and governance of data flows between EU and Japanese data spaces. It will also provide practical guidance on interoperability, encouraging joint EU-Japan pilot projects. Finally, the workshop seeks to foster EU-Japan collaboration and facilitate cross-border networking among industry, manufacturing, and technology leaders.
This workshop aims to exchange on good practices and challenges in the development of critical AI applications where the reliable correct function is of predominant importance.
The EU-Japan Digital Week will bring together representatives from academia, research, industry, business and policymaking, mainly from Japan and the European Union, but also from other Indo-Pacific countries.
How to attend?
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The EU-Japan Digital Week is an initiative under the EU-Japan Digital Partnership and is supported by the following projects and organisations: partners.png760 KB
